EVENT: Snowed In

[the_npcdo]

[Early Monday afternoon, the snow starts. At first, a charming novelty glimpsed through the classroom windows, but within minutes it becomes a veritable blizzard. Any classes being held outside are urged to bring themselves inside. Within half an hour, the power's cut out and the snow is piled high enough to make entry/exit from the buildings difficult. Within an hour, it's impossible. Snow is piled halfway up the first floor windows, and most of the doors have frozen shut. The second story windows seem to be working just fine, though, as are any rooftop access doors.]

[The blizzard finally calms down, but students and faculty are trapped inside--or outside, if they managed to be on the wrong side of the doors during the storm. The power's out and the cold is starting to seep in through the insulation. Worse, there seems to be some kind of unseen presence in the buildings, an eerie cackle echoing through the empty halls or an unsettling sense that you're not alone.]

[Someone's going to have to restart the generator before we end up with a school full of studentcicles. It wouldn't hurt to clear some pathways out of the buildings, either.]

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[ofsevenseas]

[Cold. It's too damn cold! He instinctively wanted to adjust himself to a shape more appropriate for this weather but that was dicey even with the Glamor.

Sinbad immediately stopped in the middle of explaining what is genre fiction and lets out a low, aggravated sigh as he glances outside]

All right. I know you're not going to pay attention to a thing I say, and it's looking pretty bad. Class dismissed, and please head straight to your-

[The lights flicker]

...figures.

[Then the power cuts off, a second later a huge, rattling sneeze can be heard]

[diethedesu]

...I was listening.

[But that's not important right now.]

Everyone please stay calm. Power should be restored shortly.

[ofsevenseas]

[He smiles at that, though it might be hard to tell in the dark]

If the paths are still clear, please return to your immediately if not - gather in the library, it's the best insulated room in the building. I'll be finding the Maintenance staff and see if we can get the generators up and running.